Machine for picking pin-feathers from fowls.



, G. W. SMITH. *1 MAGHINE r012 PIGKING Pm r aA'rHEns mom FOWLS.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB 11, 1911.

Mtented-Aug. 27 2,912.

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WITNESSES:

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1 937,081 :peciaeation of Letters Zatezrir.

Implication filed February 11 To ail whom 2'15 may concern:

Be-it, known that 1, CHARLES N, Snrrir, a citizen of the United States. and a resident of Berlin, in the county of: tilreen Lake and sin new and useful improvements in lilachines for Picking Pin-Feathers from Foo. is, of which th e following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for picio ing pin-feathers from for. more pa -ticu larly for picking pin-feathers from poultry, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention to ovi le. a device by means of which the iin-i" i;he" maybe removed from poiiittry in much lc.

tion.

A further object of my invention is to provide a machine forpichin pln h'rathcr which will eliectively aceonipl the operation without injury to the to l.

A further object of my invention is to providea device foraccomplishino the above named objects which has w parts, is simple in operatiozn and is therefore not liable to get out of order.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out in the appended cl iins.

My-invention is illustratedin the acconr panying drawings forming part of this application, in which--- Figure l is a plan View of the device 2 is a section along the line 2-2 of and Fig. 3 is a section. along the line of Fl", 1.

Referring now particularly to Fig. l, I have shown therein a Lhshaped Frame consisting of the sides 1 and 5 a back and a bottom l. The latter pmwidcd with a central opening 5, and provided at its forward edge with a series of teeth h which constitute, iu 'l'ac ti comb. A. handle 'i' secured. to the hack 3 of the frame. by means of a nut 8. Relative y mounted he ween the arms 1. and 2 ol the frame is a t) hear-- ing a series of curved arms 10 Fig. 2). The shaft 9 prolonged through the meat- IllMlllJCl 11, which is designed to be connected with a motor (not shown). 'W'thin the frame is a sl dable plate 12havin a cent '211 Opening 12". arranged to regis' sing. K369.

, 1911. Serial E0. 621915.

with the opening o. The plate hears i the hottoi'i'i at. and is provided with the sh; l2 and t. aid which are arr to receive pi tending upwardly the bottom rne plate normally l in a forward position by means of a 'llwhich is secured to a pin 15. lnl ig. 3

have shown the plate in its forward position the Trent edge being in a position to he .lllg l(l by the ci'irved arms 01' blades L From the foregoing" description of the various parts of the device the operation thereof may be readily understood. The n'iachine is used in a similar manner to power driven horse clippers. The flexible member l; in rotating drives the blades 10 '1 the direction shown by the arrow in rig. Ehe device held by the handle '7 and the comb l run alon the body 0t the 'iowl l5 uuderneatl the pin-feathers 1G which caught between the edges of the rapidly revolving blades 10 and the forward edge of the plate 12. The COEltlIlHOCl rotation of the blades it) pushes the plate rearwardiy against the tension of the spring let, 8% and in so doing the feathers are caught between the edges of the blades and the plate and pulled out. When the blade has passed far enough to clear the plate the t ter springs back and is met by the neI't, 3h

eladen This is repeated, and as the bhn e. are reveiving rapidly the device may :1

pushed forwaiu'l so as to quickly remove tn pin-feathers from the fowl. The comb pre vents any danger or the flesh of the fowl from being injureih but holds the flesh firmly in place while the pin-feathers being drawn out,

I claim: 7

l. in a. device for plucking pin-feathers "from fowls, a comb arranged to enter between the feathers, a spring-pressed slidable plate disposed above said comb, and a, series revoluble blades arranged to en- 1 ,1 n "r gage the edge 0;" said shdahle plate tor. r 'LC- WK tionally holding: the pin-feathers, said .hhme and said plate having a corqoint movement ll -l" -tl tl l Let pl. Hi said. on. ea ltla HOtlgl saio comb.

2. in a device or plucking pin-feathers from lowls, a. hshaped frame, a comb l tl b t 'l'l bl edlllu. ltL y, (u ime S l( 1v y (Mix/Sou. on the bottom oi said U-shaped frame a spring secured to the trains for normally holding the plate n a forward position,

means for guiding the p'iraie and for hmifl further movement of the blade serving to mg Its movement, a shaft rotatably earned clear the plate and permlt 1t to resume 1ts by smd frame, a semes of curved blades normal forward osltlon.

carried by said shaft the edges of: the biades HARLES W. SMITH. 5 benw arranged to engage the forward edge wltnessesz of i; 1e plate so as to. move the latter 136211 DONALD W. GREEN,

wardlyngainst the tension of the spring, a RALPH K. HOOVER. 

